Dirt cheap magnification

I’ve sung the praises of this 40x lighted hand held magnifier many times before. It’s $2.00 on Amazon. I splurged and bought three. I can now read the numbers on tiny capacitors, inspect splinters in great detail, and check my kid’s head for louse nits. Uses 3AAA batteries (not included) — MF

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